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December, 12 2017 (Reuters) MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican front-runner for next year’s election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, formalized his bid for the presidency on Tuesday and promised his government would spend on the young, elderly and farmers. Left-winger Lopez Obrador, who had a 12-point lead in one recent poll, wants to significantly change Mexico’s [...]

December, 8 2017 (BBC) A judge in Argentina says he is seeking the arrest of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over accusations she took part in a political cover-up. Ms Fernández, who governed for eight years from December 2007, was recently elected a senator and as such enjoys parliamentary immunity. For her to be [...]

December, 4 2017 (CNN) Honduras' electoral commission announced a recount of some votes cast in last week's unresolved election, which prompted days of unrest that has claimed lives, and forced the government to impose a nightly curfew in an attempt to control protests. On Sunday, the electoral commission began to review ballots that showed irregularities. [...]

December, 11 2017 (CNN) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that some of the main opposition parties will not be allowed to run in next year's presidential election. Speaking to supporters and journalists after voting in mayoral elections, Maduro said political parties that did not participate in Sunday's elections, or called for a boycott, [...]

November, 28 2017 (Panampost) Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has chosen its candidate for the 2018 presidential election: Secretary of Finance and Public Credit José Antonio Meade. Meade reportedly attended a meeting at Mexico’s National Palace, detaching himself as head of the fiscal entity and preparing a replacement: José Antonio González Anaya, current Director [...]

Nivember, 29 2017 (Reuters) CARACAS/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Venezuela has ordered the removal of Rafael Ramirez, once a powerful oil minister and head of state oil company PDVSA, from his post as representative to the United Nations in New York, four sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. Though the decision will not affect [...]

November, 28 2017 (CNN) The Argentine military Tuesday released its most detailed timeline yet in this month's disappearance of a naval submarine, saying that the vessel first reported a battery short-circuit roughly 10 hours before an explosion-like sound was detected near the sub's last known location. Ships and aircraft still are scouring the South Atlantic [...]

November, 28 2017 (BBC) Supporters of the incumbent and the opposition candidate in Honduras' presidential poll have been celebrating after both claimed victory. The electoral tribunal released partial results on Monday which gave the opposition candidate, Salvador Nasralla, a five-percentage-point lead over President Juan Orlando Hernández. But Mr Hernández says he is convinced once the [...]

November, 29 2017 (BBC) A former Salvadorean army colonel has been be extradited to Spain to stand trial over the killing of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador in 1989. Col Inocente Orlando Montano, 76, was flown from the US, where he had been living, to the Spanish capital, Madrid, where he was taken to [...]

November, 29 2017 (BBC) A ruling by Bolivia's Constitutional Court allowing President Evo Morales to stand for a fourth consecutive term in office in 2019 has been described as a "blow to democracy" by his opponents. The court lifted constitutional limits on re-election arguing that they violated candidates' human rights. The ruling comes less than [...]

November, 15 2017 (Panampost) The Raúl Castro regime in Cuba has been criticized for restricting individual liberties in order to suppress accusations that it consistently commits human rights violations. As a result, the most outspoken activists often discover they have been barred from leaving the country. The most recent case looks to be Jorge Luis [...]

November, 15 2017 (Panampost) A new controversy has erupted in Bolivia in the wake of accusations of espionage against President Evo Morales, who allegedly follows and watches the opposition leaders of that country. The issue came to light when Evo Morales brought up a meeting between former Bolivian President Carlos Mesa and the head of [...]